Motorola Inc. announced a new product called the Snap-on Mobile Payment Device, which will work with its enterprise-class wireless handhelds, …
A Closer Look at the Palm Pre and webOS
The Palm Pre smart phone and the company's much-anticipated new operating system–called webOS–are among the most buzzed-about products to come …
Open networks remain a distant nirvana for mobile users
The push for open wireless networks that can accommodate all manner of mobile devices and applications grabbed a lot of …
Network vendors eye new markets in ’09
Microsoft aims to become a dominant player in hosted software and cloud computing in 2009, despite its late entry in …
Cutting the travel budgets
The first round of layoffs has taken hold, your annual bonus seems like a cruel joke, and travel is off-limits. …
Lenovo brings Wii functionality to PCs
Taking a page from Nintendo's Wii gaming console, Lenovo on Monday announced an all-in-one PC with a remote control that …
Unified communications war will heat up in 2009
Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communicator client made big waves in the industry compared to IBM's Lotus Sametime …
Microsoft’s 2009 to-do list
It has been a year of transition for Microsoft in 2008, with the biggest being co-founder and company icon Bill …
Nokia and IBM join forces for mobile e-mail
Nokia and IBM are linking mobile phones to Notes, the companies announced recently. Nokia S60 3rd Edition devices can connect …
5 tech companies that could use a bailout
Now that the government has pledged US$700 billion to bail out the financial banking industry and is considering lending $25 …
Here comes USB 3.0
A standards group released specifications for a new Universal Serial Bus standard that could speed up data transfers between computers …
LG and Microsoft in pact for mobile convergence
LG Electronics and Microsoft Corporation have formed a strategic collaboration in the mobile convergence area. The agreement, signed in Seoul …
Lenovo targets SME market
China-based PC manufacturer Lenovo, which acquired IBM's personal computing division in 2005, has announced its virgin server line, aimed at …
Ballmer still searching for an answer to Google
“We need to do some work to fundamentally reinvent the search business model,” Ballmer said during a dinner at the …
Wireless networks: The burning questions
How will 802.11n high-throughput wireless LANs affect the corporate net? A surprising number of wireless LAN vendors have recently announced …